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Weekend Film Reviews

Midnight Special

Hosted by Joe Morgenstern Mar. 18, 2016 Entertainment
Midnight Special is a beautifully strange and stirring sci-fi adventure about a boy with special powers.

Midnight Special hints at cosmic convergence; something big and mysterious is going on.

 

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Joe Morgenstern

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